Should parents always tell their children the truth?



Should parents always tell their children the truth?

Introduction

In our daily lives we face the issues of truth, honesty and trust. The toughest issue that parents face with their children is telling them the truth. Many times the issues arises in which parents face the problems of openness and they have to think hard whether telling the truth will be helpful or harmful to their children than telling the children lie. Truth has the ability to destroy a relationship if it goes wrong and it all depends upon the aim.

Parents are often afraid that by telling truth, their children will be angry or hurt. It is a biggest challenge to avoid the children's hurt and annoyance and making the children understand the situation and give them motivation to face the truth. Lie is also told to children to protect their innocence and to manage their behaviors, for example, parent doesn't want his/her child to eat sweets and the child is continuously asking for it. So the parent can say he/she have not brought money. This strategy is only useful if parent's truth is not caught by children because this can lead to lack of trust in children. If parents are caught lie to their children, meanwhile, their children experience the feeling of anxiety and they feel the emotional disconnection between their parents and them.

Discussion

Article's Argument

According to the study conducted by Gail D. Heyman.,,Diem H. Luu and Kang Lee(2009), the researcher analyzed in this article that though parents tell their children about the importance of truth but they often lie to their children to make them to perform certain tasks or to make them happy or to change or shape their behavior. Many parents often think that lying is easier to their children ...